| Uncommon Ground: Archaeology and Early African America, 1650-1800 Contributor(s): Ferguson, Leland (Author) |
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ISBN: 1560980591 ISBN-13: 9781560980599 Publisher: Smithsonian Books OUR PRICE: $22.46 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2004 Annotation: Choice Outstanding Academic Book. Library Journal Best Adult Book for Young Adults. Best Book of South Carolina History Finalist, South Carolina Historical Society. Tracing the advances of African-American archaeology since the 1960s, Uncommon Ground reveals how archaeologists have compared knowledge with folklorists and historians to form a new, more complex portrait of the world the early slaves made. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Slavery - Social Science | Archaeology |
| Dewey: 975.700 |
| LCCN: 91052833 |
| Physical Information: 0.57" H x 5.71" W x 9.36" (0.78 lbs) 232 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - African American |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Winner of the Southern Anthropological Society's prestigious James Mooney Award, Uncommon Ground takes a unique archaeological approach to examining early African American life. Ferguson shows how black pioneers worked within the bars of bondage to shape their distinct identity and lay a rich foundation for the multicultural adjustments that became colonial America.Through pre-Revolutionary period artifacts gathered from plantations and urban slave communities, Ferguson integrates folklore, history, and research to reveal how these enslaved people actually lived. Impeccably researched and beautifully written. |